Naruto: I Can Take People Through the Ninja World in the Future-Chapter 468: Earth-Moon War (4)

Seeing the heat wave approaching, even though it was still thousands of meters away, Ōnoki's face turned pale, his heart screaming, "Damn it!"

He could fly, so he wasn't afraid of this heat wave.

But the others couldn't!

Almost no ninja in the Allied Forces could fly.

Ordinary waves were strong, but most ninja could still withstand them.

By using Earth Release or other techniques to block the first wave, they could escape the water and continue fighting.

But this boiling seawater was different.

A single touch would cause mild cases to blister, while severe cases would be cooked alive like boiled shrimp.

No matter what, this would incapacitate over 95% of the Allied Forces' strength.

And this massive wave was unavoidable.

Ōtsutsuki Aoto was clearly willing to destroy the entire artificial environment of the Moon just to wipe out the Allied Forces.

As long as he could defeat the ninja world's army, it was all worth it!

Of course, that didn't mean there was no way to counter this boiling sea. Ninja were known for high offense but low defense, yet their defensive techniques were quite varied.

Techniques like Lightning Armor, Sand Armor, Susano'o... etc.

All of them could provide perfect defense—not just against boiling water, but even allowing free movement in a pool of lava.

But for the average ninja, shaping chakra into a physical form that coats the body and weapons was extremely difficult!

Many elite Jonin could only attach chakra to their weapons.

To fully manifest chakra into a protective layer covering the entire body? That was mid-to-high Kage level!

And it required a massive chakra reserve.

It was almost equivalent to a Bijuu Cloak!

And just how powerful a Bijuu Cloak was needed no further explanation.

Once mastered, like Susano'o, it transformed a high-offense, low-defense fighter into an all-around combatant with both high offense and defense!

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"Retreat now!"

Ōnoki hastily flew back into the cave, shouting at Minato and the Allied Forces.

In his view, the only option was to immediately jump back into the lake and enter the space-time tunnel.

That might reduce casualties.

Of course, if they could deploy a barrier as strong as the Four Red Yang Formation, that could also hold.

But apart from Konoha, no other village had such a powerful barrier technique, let alone the ability to gather four Kage-level shinobi to cooperate!

So retreating to the lake was the safer option.

But retreating now wasn't that simple!

Around the cave, over 4,000 Allied ninja had gathered, most of them locked in fierce combat with the enemy puppet forces. It was impossible for all of them to retreat to the lake in mere seconds.

If they all turned and fled, the enemy puppet forces would immediately pursue and slaughter them.

After all, puppets weren't afraid of boiling water.

No wonder the enemy had only sent puppet troops—they were already prepared to cook the Allied Forces alive with this boiling sea.

"Hurry back to the lake, outside there's...!"

Ōnoki was as frantic as an ant on a hot pan, urgently pressing them.

"Tsuchikage, calm down."

A Minato clone appeared, soothing Ōnoki.

"There's no time! Outside, there's a boiling wave coming—it'll be here any second! Don't worry, we can handle it!"

Minato reassured him again.

At the same time, a familiar figure suddenly appeared beside Minato.

"Orochimaru?! Weren't you maintaining the barrier?"

Indeed, the one who appeared next to Minato was one of Konoha's Sannin, Orochimaru.

"Is this also a clone?"

Orochimaru from Parallel World 3 smiled without answering.

The one maintaining the barrier was naturally Orochimaru from Parallel World 4 on the other side. This wasn't a clone but the Fifth Hokage and Chief Advisor of the Empire from the renowned Parallel World 3.

His participation in this war was at Minato's request.

He had even asked Lux to send him here to join the Allied Forces.

Of course, he was also highly enthusiastic—after all, the threat of the Moon's Ōtsutsuki existed in his world as well.

By joining this war, he could gain experience to deal with the threat in his own world.

Moreover, with so many valuable research materials on the Moon, how could he possibly pass it up?

As for the boiling wave raging outside?

Minato, who had already infiltrated clones into the Moon, was naturally aware and had prepared a solution.

"Summoning Technique!"

Orochimaru from Parallel World 3 clasped his hands, and seven coffins emerged from the ground, immediately opening.

The five legendary Kage from the Edo Tensei squad made a glorious reappearance!

The sight left Ōnoki and the others gaping.

'What?'

'A clone can use Edo Tensei?!'

'This... is impossible...'

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Hashirama, the first to be revived, leaped out excitedly, full of curiosity.

"So it's finally begun? This is the Moon?"

"Brother, stop talking, the seawater is coming!" Tobirama shouted, urgently pressing him.

"Alright, watch this!"

Hashirama clasped his hands and immediately activated Wood Release.

Wood Release: Advent of a World of Trees was instantly unleashed!

With Hashirama's limitless chakra, thousands of giant wooden pillars erupted from the ground, more ferocious and agile than the waves, like an ocean of wood.

In just seconds, the wooden tendrils intertwined, forming a circular wooden wall hundreds of meters high, enclosing all the ninja and the lake inside, creating a perfect defense.

No matter how powerful the boiling wave was, it couldn't penetrate the wooden wall! No matter how intense, it couldn't boil Wood Release!

This was Konoha's prepared strategy.

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**-BOOM!**

The massive wave crashed against the thick wooden wall, but the wall didn't even tremble, standing firm as a mountain.

The enemy puppets trapped inside the wooden wall were also instantly crushed by the twisting wooden tendrils.

This made Chiyo and many Sunagakure puppeteers inwardly wince, silently lamenting the waste.

The appearance of the five Edo Tensei Kage and the colossal wooden wall had a massive impact on the Allied Forces, sending their morale soaring!

Especially for Konoha's ninja, it was like an adrenaline shot.

How could it not be? Their village's founder had risen from the grave to fight alongside them—how could they not be fired up?

"This... this... is this how you defend?!"

Ōnoki's eyes widened, stunned by Hashirama's extraordinary Wood Release.

But then he grew even more excited—with this Edo Tensei team, what was there to fear?

Ōnoki even suspected that Hashirama's Wood Release alone was enough to wipe out all the Moon's Ōtsutsuki.

'Why did we even join the attack?'

'Is this just Konoha flexing? Are we all just part of Konoha's game?'

Amid their shock, Hashirama continued his Wood Release.

Another giant tree emerged from the ground, its branches forming a staircase leading straight to the top of the wooden wall.

"Follow me!"

Hashirama led the charge, taking the ninja world's Allied Forces out to attack the enemy beyond the wooden wall!